BREAKING: Update on the resumption of the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon
In a major development, the following story has emerged from the international scene.
31 people were killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, in retaliation for a Hezbollah attack in solidarity with Iran. Israeli army chief General Eyal Zamir said the strikes against Hezbollah could last for “many days.” Israel warned that the pro-Iranian formation would “pay a high price”. The strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, a stronghold of Hezbollah, and the south of the country once again threw families onto the roads in the country, which emerged in November 2024 from a deadly war with Israel. “Avenge” Iran The pro-Iranian Shiite armed movement had promised to “face the aggression” American-Israeli after the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He put his threats into action, claiming on Monday to have fired missiles and drones towards the region of Haifa (northern Israel), for the first time in this conflict, in order to “avenge” the Iranian guide. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun deplored “the insistence on once again using Lebanon as a platform for wars that do not concern (him), joining in the condemnations of this attack, which comes at the very moment when pressure from Washington was intensifying on Beirut to fulfill its promise to disarm this group. Israel’s response was not long in coming: its army announced hitting targets throughout the country and ordered the inhabitants of around fifty villages to evacuate. AFP journalists heard powerful explosions in Beirut. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported 31 killed and 149 injured in an initial assessment of the strikes on the suburbs of the capital and the south. New forced exodus for the Lebanese A significant traffic of vehicles carrying families, some with mattresses on the roof, has converged from southern Lebanon towards the city of Saida on the coast. The Israeli army said it had targeted several Hezbollah leaders in the Beirut region, as well as another in southern Lebanon. “The strikes continue and their intensity will increase,” wrote General Rafi Milo, head of the northern command, in an Israeli army statement on Telegram, assuring that the movement would “pay a high price” for its support of Tehran. He specified that significant troops had been deployed along the border and that others could follow, excluding at this stage an evacuation of the population of northern Israel, directly exposed to fire from Lebanon. The Israeli army claimed to have targeted “officials, headquarters and infrastructure” of Hezbollah. In a statement, Hezbollah said it had launched “a salvo of missiles and a swarm of drones” in the night on a military position south of Haifa “in retaliation for the pure blood” of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “and to defend Lebanon and its people”. Our file on Iran The Israeli army, for its part, claimed to have intercepted one of the projectiles, while others fell “in open areas” without causing any casualties or damage. About three hours before Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the fire, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards claimed on Telegram that Hezbollah had “attacked Haifa with six missiles.” “Yemen will also enter the battle in a few hours,” the Guardians added.
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